The absorption characteristics of six sustained-release theophylline preparations


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    • Author:  Sommers DK  van Wyk M  Meyer EC  Snyman JR  Moncrieff J.  

    • Abstract:  The absorption characteristics of six sustained-release theophylline preparations. Somme rs DK, van Wyk M, Meyer EC, Snyman JR, Moncrieff J. Department of Pharmacology, University of Pretoria. Dosing intervals for sustained-release theophylline preparations depend on the rate of formulation absorption, the rate of elimination by the patient, and clinically acceptable fluctuations in serum concentration. A comparative study of intersubject variation in fraction absorbed-time profiles, a process-independent method of comparing rates of absorption, was performed with 6 sustained-release preparations in 6 healthy male volunteers. The sulphasalazine/sulph apyridine method of assessing orocaecal transit time was implemented so that upper gastrointestinal and colonic absorption could be estimated. Time until 90% absorption varied from 4.43 hours to 7.46 hours and the mean percentages of theophylline remaining to be absorbed from the colon were limited to between 7.5% and 29.7% with the various formulations. There was a great intersubject variability in the rate of theophylline absorption and also considerable differences among the volunteers in their formulation-to-formu lation absorption profiles. Promotional literature depicting mean or group data masks this variability in absorption profiles. Because host factors related to gastro-intestinal physiology impose highly variable theophylline absorption profiles on sustained-release formulations, it is technically impossible to formulate a suitable once-a-day product for the majority of patients. PMID: 1729729 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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